Royals Fail MI Test to Qualify for Playoffs

Normally you do not associate defeat at home with the Rajasthan Royals, but yesterday their performance was hardly enough to save the game at their own backyard. First some of the extravagant changes like dropping Ajinkya Rahane and Pravin Tambe, who are their main stay for this season and replacing them with players like Unmukt Chant who has not played a single game throughout the tournament. RR probably wants everyone a match ready but they are doing it bit early. On the other hand, Michael Hussey played a game after a long gap and that would have helped him as he scored a brilliant half century and not only that won the player of the match award as well. All in all a simple game for MI despite last minute surge by Hodge and Faulkner.